"16 vs 32 bit apps"

I must currently use an older slow computer. It is a win95b, with 200mhz mmx pentium, and 16! mb of RAM. It runs extremely slowly, and constantly hangs up, when switching WINDOWS/PAGES around with ie5. Adding more memory ist an option, because it is not my computer, and I know it shouldnt be this slow, because I have a 233mmx pentium with 96mb of ram at home, and it is much faster, and doesnt have any problems running a number of programs at once. What I would liek to know, is, for my current configuration, in this slow machine, I need to get an email client. I can get a 16 or 32 bit versuion. I wouyld like to know, in this configuration, will it be faster/more efficient to use the 16 bit program over the 32 bit, since, I guess there is less code, etc. I will have IE5, and this program running constantly. It is a secondary computer for internet research, so I wont be running anything large on it, but I want to minimize the performance hit from haveing the email program running. Many thanks

All I know about 16 bit applications is that they will hold onto memory even when they are shut down. So the more you open and shut a 16 bit application the more resources it will take up. We use an old 16 bit version of ccmail at work and it is a resource hog. People have to constantly reboot their machine to get their resources back.

If you're running windows 95, you should download the 32 bit version of any program.

And the reason your computer is running so slowly is that you only have 16 megs of RAM in it. Even going to 32 would make a world of difference in terms of performance. 64 would probably make the 200mmx perform much closer to the 233mmx.